Henshaw, Victoria

Urban Smellscapes: Understanding and Designing City Smell Environments - Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. 2010 - 288p. 16.15 x 2.54 x 23.42 cm

This deals with possibly the most important aspect of the aesthetics and narratives of comics - urban topography and environment. This collection of essays covers a variety of international approaches from the three main comic book cultures: the U.S., Europe, and Japan. "Comics and the City" deals with possibly the most important aspect of the aesthetics and narratives of comics - urban topography and environment.. With chapters on the very earliest comic strips, and on artists as diverse as Alan Moore, Carl Barks, Will Eisner and Jacques Tardi, "Comics and the City" is an important new collection of international scholarship that will help to define the field for many years to come.

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Architecture
Comic Book Cultures
Urban Topography

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